Alvin Stardust, Sweet Cheatin Rita (1975)
Key: :[B] (w: Roger Greenaway, Geoff Stephens)
INTRO:
[F#] [E] [B] [B]
[F#] [E] [B] [B open]
VERSE 1:
[B] She ain't a lady, but she's my baby
[E] She gotta lotta soul
I
[F#] take her out to the local hop,
Cos she
[E] sure digs rock and
[B] roll
VERSE 2:
[B] She keeps a'me guessing, she's always messing
With
[E] guys who're twice my size
To
[F#] tell you the truth she's
[E] always telling me
[B] lies
[B open]
CHORUS:
[D#5] She's
[E5] my
[F#] sweet
[E] Sweet a-cheatin'
[B] Rita
[D#5] She's
[E5] my
[F#] sweet
[E] Sweet a-cheatin'
[B] Rita, you oughta meet her
[D#5] And
[E5] I
[F#] know, yes I
[E] know
How much I
[B] need her, my cheatin' Rita
[D#5] She's
[E5] my
[F#] sweet
[E open] Neat a-cheatin'
[B] Rita
VERSE 3:
[B] I never take her, and I don't blame her
[E] she really turns me on
But
[F#] I don't care 'cos I'm well aware
that she
[E] don't know right from
[B] wrong
VERSE 4:
[B] Who could be sweeter, than cheatin' Rita
[E] She makes me feel so good
And
[F#] I wouldn't change one
[E] hair
on her head if I
[B] could
[B open]
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
REPEAT VERSE 2:
REPEAT CHORUS: 